The number one cause of death in teenagers is car or motorcycle wrecks, but alcohol and drugs are usually involved, so these things tend to be interconnected.
Trauma: alcohol-related car wrecks, homicide, suicide, drugs, drowning.
Mental health problems: depression, suicide, drug abuse, overdoses
HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (often contracted while drunk or high)
Eating disorders like anorexia nervosa and bulimia (often related to low self-esteem, depression, and power struggles with parents.)
Heart disease. It is the leading cause of death in the U.S., period.
heart disease. It is the leading cause of death in the U.S., period.
No. The leading cause of death for men is heart attack/disease.
The leading cause of death in Canada in heart disease. The second biggest cause of death in Canada is a stroke.
the second leading cause of death in the US is cancer.
Infectious disease was the leading cause of death prior to the 20th century !:]
Breast cancer is the second leading cause of death in women
In 1965, the leading cause of death in the United States was heart disease.
Tobacco use is the single leading preventable cause of death in the US.
The leading cause of death in children in developing countries is protein-energy malnutrition.
Heart disease is the leading cause of death among men and women
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in Americans, but more specifically, atheroscierosis.